Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
Activities
NACE division 26 · 9 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products26110 | 207 | 7 | 2 | 5,146 |
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products26510 | 203 | 11 | 1 | 2,230 |
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products26400 | 147 | 8 | 0 | 346 |
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products26200 | 144 | 4 | 1 | 555 |
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products26300 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 2,605 |
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products26700 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 215 |
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products26520 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 70 |
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products26600 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1,118 |
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products26120 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 339 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 26 · financial year 2025 · 654 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 45.0% | 50.1% | 44.1% | 46.6% | 46.8% | 48.5% |
| Median net result | - | - | €14,985 | €20,730 | €16,237 | €16,210 | €14,951 | €15,114 |
| Filed late | 37.0% | 46.7% | 39.4% | 39.3% | 40.0% | 36.8% | 34.3% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 26
231 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €79,600 | €63,300 to €99,800 | 96 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €83,200 | €68,600 to €100,500 | 96 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €96,900 | €82,100 to €111,600 | 28 |
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Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 26
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| Jobs lost | 32 | 20 | 69 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 467 | 15 | 38 |
2026 through July. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 14-07-2026 | SEE TELECOM
BE 0412.722.528 |
| 01-04-2026 | VOCSens
BE 0721.610.714 |
| 16-01-2026 | Electric Power Distribution Company
BE 0798.318.314 |
| 22-12-2025 | EuroUSC-Benelux België
BE 0738.888.491 |
| 08-12-2025 | STOLP
BE 0694.678.663 |
| 26-08-2025 | Gabi SmartCare
BE 0683.446.756 |
| 25-08-2025 | TIMELESS GUARDIANS
BE 0784.475.721 |
| 18-06-2025 | Pulsify Medical
BE 0727.875.726 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 822 of 992 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE division 26 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 NOKIA BELLAntwerp 1,175 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Ion Beam ApplicationsOttignies-Louvain-la-Neuve 1,010 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 TE Connectivity BelgiumOostkamp 684 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Stellantis e-TransmissionsBrussels 563 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Valeo Vision BelgiqueAth 553 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 326 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 155
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 127
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 91
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 25
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 21
- 149.04 Metal trade 10
- 201 Independent retail 10
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 8
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- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 7
- 116 Chemical industry 4
- 115 Glass industry 3
- 112 Garages 1
- 124 Construction 1
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1
- 202 White-collar workers in food retail 1
- 227 Audiovisual sector 1
- 303 Film industry 1
- 330 Health institutions and services 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Foreign control in NACE division 26
736 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €44.1m awarded
- Federal transfers 4.0m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €3,000 paid
- EU budget €32.6m attributed share
- EU research €64.6m EU contribution
Insights on Computer and electronic products
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 10.1% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 34.9% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. 14.4% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 5.0 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 63% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.2% is below Belgium's 0.2%. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.1% at under 10 FTE, 0.1% at 10 to 49 FTE and 0.1% at 50 to 249 FTE.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 16.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 16.8% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 4.3 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 74% of the 86 other NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €85,926 is above Belgium's €61,416. 34.3% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 3,985 of the 12,625 FTE: 31.6%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 45.0% in financial year 2020 to 48.5% in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 8 bankruptcies and 15 jobs lost, against 6 bankruptcies in 2019.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 05:30.
Method and sources
Every company registered today counts under its main activities in the KBO. Establishment units do not count. Staff counts once, under the employer's first main activity, from its latest accounts and only where it fits the staff costs. The count follows the NACE 2025 classification, the version in which code 26 exists.
The bankruptcies over five years count only companies still registered today, because the activity of a company that left the register is not kept. So they are fewer than the bankruptcies of those years, and the figure is not a probability for the future. Over twelve months the count is nearly complete, because a bankrupt company stays registered while its bankruptcy runs. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other NACE divisions rests on an overview of every division, counted again each night. Each division is counted in the version of the NACE classification in which it exists. A standing such as "more than in 80%" compares with the other divisions that have the figure. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median over its companies with a score. Belgium here counts the 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 registrations publish no activity.
Each median is the value of the middle company, computed over the annual accounts of financial year 2025, and is shown only from 30 accounts. A share (loss-making, negative equity) counts that year's accounts with that trait. Accounts are late when they are filed after the statutory deadline.